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Executive Order to Detain Americans With Respiratory Illnesses

As the Ebola outbreak continues to cause concern, President Barack Obama has signed an amendment to an executive order that would allow him to mandate the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of respiratory illness.- original Bush executive order which referred only to SARS. Obama's amendment allows for the detention of Americans who display, Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia